Tutorial – Cheaply waterproof your water bottle labels

Love the idea of using the Water Bottle labels that are included in my party packs, but want to keep your bottles cold, and printing on Waterproof label paper is too expensive? Try my cheap option instead!

This will allow you to have your water bottles looking great with your personalized label AND keep them cold without ruining the label (or your budget)!

Clear adhesive Con-Tact paper is much cheaper than weatherproof/waterproof label paper, is water resistant and it’s readily available too. As it’s clear, you can protect your personalized water bottle label without detracting from the look!

Clear Con-Tact comes in large rolls like you see above. You can find it for just a few dollars in these shops here: Discount School Supply, Amazon , Staples. You can also find it at Walmart and most hardware or home improvement stores.

Personalize your water bottle labels from my Editable Party pack and print on regular cardstock (or photo paper if that’s what you are using for the rest of your designs). Once you have your label ready, you will need to cut a strip of the adhesive paper slightly larger than your personalized label.

You want to make sure that you have enough of the adhesive paper to completely cover your water bottle label plus some extra to adhere to the bottle and stop moisture reaching your label.

The Fireman labels in the pic above, measure 8″ x 2″ when trimmed, so I made sure my adhesive paper was at least 9″ x 2.5″.

Firstly, wrap your water bottle with your personalized label. Then peel off the backing from your adhesive paper.

Wrap the adhesive paper around your water bottle – making sure that your personalized label is sitting in the middle of your adhesive paper covering. Press down heavily to ensure the adhesive paper has no air bubbles to let moisture in!

Your water bottle is now ready to be kept cold in the fridge or in an ice bucket!

Have some Con-Tact Adhesive paper left over? Once you have finished covering your water bottle labels, you can use the rest of the paper for:

1. “Laminating” your child’s art projects to help make them last longer.

2. As a base or background material for collage projects — no glue needed!